Who knows how long this surfing Release Radar weekly playlists will last this time, but I am enjoying hearing new, old, and refashioned tracks of old and new musicians and musical collaborations. I will be including only music that strikes a chord with me in some way. Hope you enjoy one, some, or all of…
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#SLS — “Diamond Ring” by Sheryl Crow
Detours Album cover, by Sheryl Crow It took me a little bit to find a song I liked. I wanted a song about actual jewelry, and many of the songs are using “ring” and “watch” in other ways. When I heard Diamond Ring by Sheryl Crow, I liked the sound of her voice and also…
FFF57 Release Radar Faves plus for week of 10/31-11/6/25
The past week of releases have had some decent tunes. Also included are two bands covered by blogmates: Big Wreck by Max and Stackridge by Clive. Links to the posts follow below. Staff Party by Big Wreck is a close knock off of Soundgarden. It’s not putting it down; it’s more admiration for carrying on…
#SLS – “Cup of Tea” by The Verve Pipe from “Villains” (1996)
Before I go any further in the post, don’t think my choice of a song with tea instead of coffee means I like tea better than coffee. Both are consumed in equal measure through day and night, with hot coffee ALWAYS first thing upon waking. I think I would implode into a puff of vapor…
#SLS — Song that mentions either Cars or Trucks suggested by Clive of Take It Easy — “SiMM” aka “Motor,” by Cake
After seeing Jim’s prompt (suggested by Clive of Take It Easy,) my first thought was Cake songs, who seem to like to sing about cars. Over seven albums, they’ve done Race Car Ya-Yas, Stickshifts and Safetybelts, Long Line of Cars, Wheels, Carbon Monoxide, Easy to Crash. Cake is an environmentally aware group. They know how…
FFF 56 — West Michigan Skies and Mad Dogs & Englishmen reboot by Trucks Tedeschi Band and Leon Russell
The last couple of weeks we’ve had clouds in the skies and some pretty heavy rain. I took a couple of pictures on Sunday night out back of pink and grey clouds. Today (Thursday,) after a trip to the library, I decided to drive out along the lake (Lake MI) and was amazed at the…
#MMB October — “All This Time” by Sting
I lived next to a shipyard when I was young and it was a very powerful image of this huge ship towering above the house. Tapping into that was a godsend – I began with that and the album just flowed. – Sting Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (b. 10/2/51,) known as Sting, is an English singer, songwriter,…
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